Fred Manby

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Fred Manby is a Professor of Theoretical Chemistry and the
Bristol Co-Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training on Theory and Modelling in Chemical Sciences.

Brief CV

Academic history

  • DPhil Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of York 10/1993 – 02/1997
    Supervisor: Dr G Doggett, viva date: 03/03/1997
  • BSc, Chemistry, 1st class, University of York 10/1990 – 06/1993
    Graduation date: 09/07/1993

Employment history 

  • Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bristol, 08/2010 –
  • Reader, University of Bristol, 08/2008 – 07/2010
  • Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol, 08/2007 – 07/2008
  • Lecturer, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, 01/2005 – 07/2007
  • Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Bristol, 10/2000 – 09/2008
  • Postdoc with Prof Peter Knowles, University of Birmingham, 10/1997 – 09/2000

Awards and distinctions 

  • Elected member of the WATOC Board (2014)
  • Visiting Associate, Caltech (July 2013 – July 2014)
  • Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013)
  • University of Bristol Institute for Advanced Studies University Research Fellowship (2013)
  • Royal Society of Chemistry Corday-Morgan Prize (2013)
  • School of Chemistry Teaching Prize (2011)
  • Annual Medal of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences (2007)
  • Science Faculty ‘Rising Star’ Teaching Prize (2006)
  • Royal Society of Chemistry Marlow Medal (2006)